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Google will launch music search pages next week and include ways for consumers to buy songs for download, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The music pages will package images of musicians and bands, album artwork, links to news, lyrics and song previews, along with a way to buy songs, they said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the deal before next Wednesday's announcement.
The package is similar to how companies get individual pages for Google's [GOOG
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Song previews and sales will be provided by online music retailer Lala and iLike, a music recommendation application bought by News Corp's [NWS
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The effort marks a new way for Google and the recording companies to promote alternatives to Apple's [AAPL
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Major recording companies — including Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group [WMG
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They will benefit by sharing revenue from song sales with Lala and iLike, while making the discovery, experimentation and buying process simple for people who use Google to search for music.
Google improves itself as a destination for music discovery. Although Google won't get a share of song sales, it will collect revenue from advertising that will be shown with the search results, according to the people familiar with the plans.
The development comes as compact disc sales continue to plummet even as sales of individual song downloads are on the rise.
Overall music sales have slid nationwide in seven of the past eight years and recording companies are searching for new ways to tap audiences online and collect revenue from advertising, licensing and downloads.
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